Ive been telling my friends the Lakers have been sandbagging. They believe me now.
Why?
A few things I noticed they were not doing
Fisher was not flopping as per his regular game
Kobe not taking complete control of every game - low score count in many of the games
Lakers not really playing with a sense of urgency every game since the All-star break - until the playoffs started.
When you see the Lakers passing the ball around around the perimeter at a high rate of speed at the beginning of the game, they brought the A game.
The Lakers are playing a much tighter game than Boston right now. Boston looks sloppy. Kobe's finger seems to be good, Pau is trying to not get punk'd anymore, Artest is getting his steals (and some lucky 3's and layup), and Fisher lost the rust he was playing with! Hopefully Bynum will be well enough, and the Bench Mob is in full force.
Lakers have home court advantage woot woot
Should be a good series! GO LAKERS ITS SHOWTIME v2.0